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After last week's hijinks, this week's Throwback Thursday returns to its usual decorum with another photo from my memorable August, 1961 Civil War Centennial tour with my mother. Now 57 years ago (!), it was a time far removed from when the heroic statue over the grave of Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest stood at the center of its eponymous Memphis park, not yet engulfed by what passes for "progress" and the expansion of the medical center. Needless to say, other than the green coating of verdigris deposited by time there were no threats to its very existence and certainly no complaints. In the wake of this week's assault on Silent Sam as well as the uncertain fate of the Forrest statue itself it seemed appropriate to revisit it in my photo even if I'm not personally present, since I took the photo.
edited; modern politics
Anyone else having old Civil War-related photos or mementoes of traveling or reenacting is welcome and encouraged to post them here!
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